Month: November 2023

The apostle Paul directed the young evangelist Titus in his letter to him, preserved for us through God’s providence.  It is apparent from the text that the church was not all it could be on the island of Crete, and so admonition  and instruction was needed from Titus.

After his greeting, Paul wrote Titus, “For this reason I left you in Crete, that you should set it in order the things that are lacking, and appoint elders in every city as I commanded you” (1:5). The rest of the epistle is a discourse on the lacking things, and the efforts Titus needed to make. By  noting them, we can know what kind of congregation and individual Christians we need to be! Consider broadly the text. Continue reading “Setting Things in Order” →